. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 365- 806. Diptilon halterata. Zi/gana halterata, Fabr. Sjst. Ent. p. 5r)5 (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 155. Biptilon dieides, Prittw. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 350 (1870); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 148. Black-brown; ffiiifo orange. Fig. Xlt^.—Biptilon halterata (^. \. in Coll. Staudiiiger; Castro Parana coxtc white; tibia) aud tarsi brown and yellow ; abdomen with segments 2, 3, 4 yellowish white ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wdng with
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 365- 806. Diptilon halterata. Zi/gana halterata, Fabr. Sjst. Ent. p. 5r)5 (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 155. Biptilon dieides, Prittw. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 350 (1870); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 148. Black-brown; ffiiifo orange. Fig. Xlt^.—Biptilon halterata (^. \. in Coll. Staudiiiger; Castro Parana coxtc white; tibia) aud tarsi brown and yellow ; abdomen with segments 2, 3, 4 yellowish white ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wdng with discoidal point above origin of vein 5. Hind wing wnth the inner area black, wdth tufts of white hair. Hah. Brazil : Casa Branca, 1 S ; l^io Janeiro, type t dieides- . 2G millim. Sect. II. Hind wings normal. A. Fore wing with upturned liair on underside of inner margin. a. Abdomen with lateral spots and the ventral surface yellow, ai. Fore wing with orange subcostal streak beyond middle chr^ h^. Fore wing without orange subcostal streak doeri. b. Abdomen with lateral spots and ventral bands white, philocles. 807. Diptilon chrysocraspis, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 7.) S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tarsi orange ; abdomen with some orange at sides and on ventral surface, sometimes forming complete bands on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with orange sub- costal streak beyond middle, the inner margin fulvous exce[tt towards base; the terminal band expanding towards a])ex. Hind wing with the costa white ; a subcostal black streak narrowing to base. Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Gavlepp), 1 6 type. Exp. 28 millim. 808. Diptilon doeri. Syntrichura doeri, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 276; id. Am. Lep. i^l. 1. f. 16. (S. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi in front and frons orange ; tegulse and patagia streaked with orange; prothorax with lateral crimson patches; coxae and tarsi mostly orange; ab- domen wit
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